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OTE, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, returned to the bond market on Tuesday with a €350m four year at a yield of just 4.625%, despite high yield bankers saying the mood in the market was still unstable.

Gategroup, the airline catering services company, has completed the syndication of its €250m term loan.

HSBC France followed last week’s green trades with its own €500m five year deal on Wednesday, and more banks are lining up as the sought after format continues to offer tight pricing.

It may be late November, but equity capital markets are still busy with a stack of high profile deals, even now that last week's four Greek bank recapitalisations are out of the way. Abengoa's rights issue now looks unlikely to go ahead, as the company's woes have deepened.

Allied Irish Banks will be going back to investors for more loss absorbing capital after mandating banks for a debut additional tier one issue, while the stellar performance of its recent tier two print reversed on Wednesday.

Baosteel Hong Kong Investment Co priced Asia’s first H-share equity-linked offering since 2007 on Tuesday, selling a $500m exchangeable bond that bankers are hailing as a market opener.

Chinese pair Guangdong Rising Asset Management (GRAM) and HNA Group hit the dollar bond market on Wednesday as they look to wrap up their respective fundraisings ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday.

BMW has kept its bond issuance going apace in the past fortnight, since it returned to the market for the first time after the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

OTE, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation, held an investor call on Tuesday November 24 for what could be the first Greek corporate bond issue in euros this year.

Baosteel Hong Kong Investment Co launched a $500m bond exchangeable into shares of Hong Kong-listed China Construction Bank Corp on Tuesday evening, with HSBC and UBS leading the trade.

Asia's green financing market received a boost this week with IDBI Bank bringing India’s second dollar-denominated bond. Market participants expect the deal to be followed by more such trades from the country.

India’s Reliance Industries signed its $1.47bn dual-currency loan at the end of last week in Dubai, with the deal sealed following commitments from a group of around 30 lenders.